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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan55.3%
2 Philippines52.5%
3 Republic of Korea48.0%
4 Russian Federation31.6%
5 India27.3%
6 Chile26.9%
7 Mexico26.6%
8 Taiwan23.7%
9 China21.4%
9 Latvia21.4%
11 Hungary21.1%
12 Lithuania19.9%
13 South Africa17.6%
14 Argentina17.5%
15 United States16.8%
16 Czech Republic16.7%
17 Venezuela15.8%
18 Slovakia14.5%
19 Spain12.7%
20 Turkiye12.1%
21 Australia10.9%
21 Germany10.9%
21 Ireland10.9%
24 Canada10.7%
25 Israel10.0%
26 Poland8.4%
27 United Kingdom7.6%
28 Bulgaria7.4%
29 Austria6.9%
30 Switzerland6.6%
31 Belgium6.2%
32 Croatia5.0%
33 Netherlands4.8%
34 Portugal4.5%
35 France3.9%
36 Denmark3.5%
37 Slovenia2.8%
38 Finland 2.6%
38 Norway2.6%
40 Sweden1.9%
41 Iceland1.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -3.183326 X +6.928
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -86696.690479 X +50109.373
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -10.440420 X +80.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.206233 X +1.646
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 5.697177 X +12.115
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015